Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School, commonly known as W.T. Woodson High School or simply Woodson, is a high school located in Fairfax County, Virginia, in the east end of the city of Fairfax, opposite the shopping center on Main Street.The school opened in 1962 and was once the largest school in the state. It is named for W. T. Woodson who served as Fairfax County School Superintendent from 1929 to 1961. As of 2016, the student population is roughly 2,400. Woodson has the largest campus in Fairfax County in size of area, and also houses Woodson Adult High School, a separate education facility run by FCPS that allows adults to earn their GEDs and HS diplomas. It was ranked #74 on Newsweek's Top 1000 U.S. High Schools in 2008. The school is named after Wilbert Tucker Woodson, superintendent of Fairfax County Public Schools from 1929 to 1961.Following the retirement of Jeff Yost, Dan Meier, the former principal of Robinson Secondary School, took over as interim principal for most of the 2014–2015 school year. The current principal as of April 10, 2015 is Dr. Scott Poole.Academics and statisticsWoodson High School is a fully accredited high school based on Standardized Testing in Virginia. The average SAT score in the 2009–2010 school year for Woodson High School was 1778.VDOE accreditation summaryThe following table shows the passing rates of all Woodson students in their respective years and academic subjects, as determined by the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE).SOL test scoresDemographicsFor the 2016-2017 school year, Woodson High School's student body was 53.1% White non-Hispanic, 23.95% Asian, 11.7% Hispanic, 5.12% Black, and 6.12% "Other."
